VRAM Vs. i5 to i7, which is more important?

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I am deciding on a gaming laptop (on a budget, recommended under $800) and I came across two different laptops, one with i7 and GTX 960M 2GB, and the other with i5 and GTX 960M 4GB. I was wondering which overpowers the other?

The exact computers are below:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1183322&gclid=CjwKEAiAs4qzBRD4l-2w7qOoqEMSJABauikXDNsm5J09DYf8rTi1gMK0fNWJMys8dOE40FoXouFLZxoC51nw_wcB&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&A=details&Q=
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-763BLK-Full-HD-GeForce/dp/B015PYYDMQ/ref=zg_bs_565108_12

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I'd go for the i5 and 4gb gpu. Games currently use 4 threads or less and that's a quad core i5. You'll see more benefit from the extra 2gb of vram that you would see from the hyperthreading on the i7. Even at 1080p newer games are using more than 2gb of vram.
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I'd go for the i5 and 4gb gpu. Games currently use 4 threads or less and that's a quad core i5. You'll see more benefit from the extra 2gb of vram that you would see from the hyperthreading on the i7. Even at 1080p newer games are using more than 2gb of vram.
 
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Normally i5 cpus have higher clocks than i7s. Higher clocks may help in games, rather than multi-thread performance. So perhaps I will pick i5, too.

Please note that if 2GB is not enough for a certain game, then the overall performance of 960M will become the bottleneck, instead of VRAM. 4GB 960 is just an excuse for charging you more money.
 
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Everything in a laptop is "crippled". Normally, id say, go for the 4GB vram card, but, the GPU itself could not handle high resolution textures to really benefit from the vRam. Overall, i think that the i7 versionwould be better.
 
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